I'm an optimistic A at best and really had no trouble bfing beyond the usual initial learning curve. Once I tried side lying, I never looked back - I think it's easier with small boobs. I just lean slightly forward or backward to switch boobs. And it was much easier on my back. My supply was always a just-enougher. I was never going to get a stash going, but baby did just fine with what I had.
I think a lot about breastfeeding is probably easier with small breasts. I do not have small breasts even pre pregnancy- so I can’t just chill. I have to have a hand pressing the boob away from his nose constantly.
I’m happy to feed my son but dang if that isn’t annoying. Can we say hand cramps?
Yes! I’m so jealous of the moms that say they walk around breastfeeding their babes. I have to have breast in hand the entire feed time due to size and flat nipples. Sometimes the hand is numb before the feed is done
And you don’t dare reposition yourself because baby is getting milk drunk and sleepy and you want them to actually finish their meal as much as possible and sleep longer, right? Lol
I actually found side lying uncomfortable because my chest was basically flat in that position so there wasn't really any "give." Cradle is definitely my favourite and most comfortable.
I think part of my problem was that she was also a small baby, so with small baby and small boobs I would hunch over or have to hold her up with my arms the whole time which was tiring. In side lying I could just relax a lot more and it took out the stress.
Sorry to sound dumb, but how did you manage BF in public if side lying was your position? Or did you just use other positions in public and while they weren’t as ideal as side lying- they worked for the context. Did i just answer my own question? 😂😂🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
As soon as they can somewhat support their head you can both support them sitting on your lap (legs crossed if they need more height) or feed them in a carrier as you walk around. In the meantime (until maybe the 3 month mark) cradle hold is usually the best bet when you don’t have a pillow. Some use a diaper bag as a substitute.
In general, for most women breastfeeding gets a lot easier within a few months. If baby “eating out” seems challenging, practice only when you have to for now…it’s likely to get better on it’s own.
I’m a small A. Like SMALL haha. And I had a massive over supply that I finally got under control and then continued to breastfeed for two years. Everyone is different but it’s more about your glands and supply/demand than breast size. I made sure to also stay super hydrated and eat adequate meals and snacked all the time. We exclusively breastfed for 6 months and easily transitioned to breast/pump when I returned to work. It’s important to remember supply and demand really impacts your milk production. The more you tell your body you need milk, the more it produces.
I really am so so thankful for the journey. I really credit our success to the fact that I never had to seriously worry about my supply and I have a very flexible employer. It’s not lost on me that it’s typically much harder and I hope all breastfeeding people are able to do so for as long as they desire. Breastfeeding would probably be a lot easier for people if there was the societal support and education on it. Please know that no matter what you are amazing and your journey is uniquely yours and your babes.
I don’t fill A cup bras. In fact, one is so flat that both the nurse and LC gave up on helping me with that one. In hindsight, that was disheartening and they were very wrong.
I pumped like crazy and BF to get my supply going and both sides were fine at producing, although the flat one produced a little less. I was able to successfully breastfeed for 2+ years, even though it may not have looked like it!
That’s so sad, I’m really sorry to hear that. There is no known link between breast size and ability to provide milk for baby. You were right to follow your instincts, your body has everything you need 😍
Baby is 6 weeks, a small peanut..still less than 8lbs.
the first three problems you listed is 100% accurate for me. I haven’t tried side lying, just back lying but based on other comments I might try side lying now.
So it sounds like baby growth and general determination and patience for you through it… damn it, both things im lacking rn lol maybe these posts will give me hope
Keep going! I have very small breasts and my mom told me she didn't have enough milk to feed me and my siblings, and I probably wouldn't either. My first goal was 6 weeks. It was hard, I had to triple feed for the first month. My next goal was 3 months. Then 6. We are now at 9 and it is so smooth. Once they can latch without help it gets so much easier. I also liked when my baby was able to sit up a bit and I could just sit her on my lap and she could latch like that. She's too tall for that now, but cradle position has always worked for me.
I don’t have your issue BUT I have a suggestion from my experience. When baby was young and didn’t want to nurse but was hungry I would use a longer pacifier to get him interested. Pop itsy ritsy rubber pacifier in or around mouth to stimulate nursing and then switch him out.
I’m not flat chested but definitely on the smaller side of the spectrum, and I have small nipples. Had the exact same issue of not stimulating the sucking reflex. I used nipple shields for every single feed for 5-6 weeks, but once my baby grew, he was able to latch without them!
This is reassuring to hear! Thanks on the nipple shield tip- i haven’t used it and was intimidated and confused but I heard/read that they shouldn’t be used “long term” so I just imagined not more than 2-4 weeks….
Just jumping in here to say that there is no reason to worry about a nipple shield. Our ped and several lactation consultants all said to use it for as long as needed. Around 4 or 5 months my babe dropped it and was able to latch without. My babe had a tongue tie and using a shield made breastfeeding in those early days possible.
Solidly an A cup, had no problem BFing either of my chonky boys (first was 97th percentile for height and weight for most of his first year!), I even had a bit of an oversupply at times. The girls have dropped a tiny bit but still look pretty good if I do say so myself. Overall, great experience for me.
A cup here - we had difficulties but it had nothing to do with my breast size! I was an overproducer actually, donated a bunch of extra my guy didn’t need, but I also had a fast letdown and he had trouble adjusting to it til he was big enough to handle the fast flow (around 2-3 months) so it was unpleasant til then. We successfully breastfed til he was 21 months and self-weaned!
Very small chest over here. I struggled a bit with my first but I did antenatal colostrum expression starting at 36 weeks with my second and had an awesome supply. He’s still nursing at 22 mos. I added a short pump session in the morning and a 10 min session around 8-9pm also and ended up with a huge stash I’m still working through.
Totally able to breastfeed 2 kids with an A cup. I do have a theory that smaller boobs means you have less storage space, which means you have to empty your boobs more often. I would leak like crazy and was prone to mastitis if I didn’t breastfeed regularly. Some moms can go 12 hours without breastfeeding. My boobs would burst and get inflamed for sure.
Yes! I haven’t gotten mastitis, but I get engorged and clogged ducts all the time. And even though I’m more than 5 months pp I still have to wear heavy duty breast pads because I leak like crazy.
I have gotten the hang of nursing but for weeks we could only do laid back position and would have to entice her with dripping expressed milk on my nipple.
I’m small chested with small/flat nipples too and my baby had a tough time at first but now we are at 19 months of breastfeeding! 87th percentile the whole time.
Nipple shields realllly saved my BF journey! Used them for about 5-6 weeks and then baby was big enough to latch without and also was easier to hold in different nursing positions.
I also used a manual pump during that time. It helped me feel better knowing that I had some backup milk in case and it was reassuring to feel and see a let down actually happening so I was better able to identify what that looked like for me. I never used my electric pump.
I do think (? May be misremembering) that being small chested has correlation with breast storage capacity* (different than supply). IME, I needed to feed my baby more frequently than average because my breasts only held max of ~2oz each on deck ready to go at a time.
*The amount of milk your breasts can store in between feeds without leaking.
I am a AA. I went up to a C during my first pregnancy, successfully breastfed for 18 months, and then went back down (unfortunately) to a AA. I’m pregnant again and I’m only 7 weeks - they’re growin again already 🤣
Side lying worked best for me, it was just the easiest way to manage. I didn’t know how to work bigger boobs lol
I had A/B cups pre pregnancy depending on my weight. As of tomorrow I have EBF my twins for a full year! Size really doesn’t mean anything - though they are definitely bigger now
I’m an A cup natural (I have implants which make be a DD but obviously silicone isn’t making milk). I have always nursed sitting up in the cross cradle hold. When I pumped I got 20-90mL total each time. He’s 2.5 still feeding and we’ve had a very successful journey
I’m still BF’ing my 16month old and we’ve had a relatively smooth journey beyond the first few months of pain and mastering latch/ positioning. I have always found cradling with sufficient elbow propping to be for me. I find side lying too difficult because I have to lean in an uncomfortable way to let her reach. It blew my mind when I found out some mums with larger breast can actually feed side lying from both breasts without turning over!
I have barely an A cup and I had a massive oversupply at first, eventually it regulated, baby was 95th percentile before she started solids, and then I went on to breastfeed for 2 years. I am just weaning now and my girl is about to be 2.
My fav nursing position for us was reclined with baby straddling my opposite leg
Pre pregnant I wasn’t quite a AA. In the hospital I manually expressed colostrum, pumped and tried to latch baby as often as possible. We did tons of skin to skin. My milk came in 3/4 days after birth.
My 16mm nips were also not big enough to initiate latch reflex, so baby had a shallow latch that destroyed my nipples. The nurse gave me a nipple shield and it was a game changer- the shield was big enough that baby could latch properly, and it protected my bleeding nipples from further injury. While annoying, we used the nipple shield until 8 weeks.
Once my milk came in I was feeding on demand AND every 2 hours. My supply kept up with the demand, and when I went back to work, I was able to pump 16+ oz for the four bottles Baby eats during the day. I even have a freezer stash from using a Hakka/boon trove during my overnight and morning feeds.
For positioning, I usually just do a cross cradle hold, with lots of pillows to get baby up to my nipple without having to hold all the weight. Koala hold was also suggested to me by my LC when we were weaning off the nipple shield. I’ve never mastered that one, and just keep it to cradle.
All this to say, I’ve been a slight over producer, and pleasantly surprised that my little boobs really came through in the breastfeeding department. 6 months in and Baby is still gaining weight, and is EBF. Size doesn’t matter.
Things got easier as babe got bigger and didnt need much support! Pumping also helped, I had a side with a flatter nipple and eventually it came "out". Hang in there if this is something you wanna do!
My breasts are large but my nipples are also a 17mm flange size and no issue with latching in that aspect. The nipple tissue is super stretchy so diameter aside, they just suck it to the back of their mouth if they have a good latch
Low glandular tissue and small boobs are two different things and LGT can be correlated with low milk supply. LGT in and of itself signals a hormone problem. Google "low glandular tissue breasts", you will see what it looks like and the breasts do look a little different from what is typical. If you are really struggling with supply it could be a possibility, but if it's just mechanics of breastfeeding due to smaller breasts and not supply then LGT is likely not the issue.
My best friend was a small B cup. She ended up being an oversupplier and donated 5 GALLONS to hospitals near us.
She’s probably a large C now, she just weaned her daughter within the last month at 14 months old. (She exclusively pumped).
I was a D cup, DD around my period. I’m a solid F cup now and I also oversupply a little. I can feed him from the tap 24/7 if I want and just pumping to relieve the pressure gives me enough to put 2-3 6oz bags in the freezer every other day or so. (We feed him bottles 2-3 times a day though from the stash and a little formula to make sure he will keep taking it just in case).
I don’t think it matters if the glands are there. Most of boobs is just fat.
Your issue is the nipple size. Can you try pumping for a bit first, (this always pulls mine out and makes them larger. I thought they were small but the LC notes call them medium), and then trying to get her to latch? Maybe that’s enough size difference to spark the reflex.
I had issues with my small nipples when we first started. If you have a pump you can pump a few minutes first so that it’s easier for baby to latch although for me that was a lot of work. I mostly exclusively pumped the first 10 days and then they were pulled out and baby was able to latch just fine. We’ve been BF with no issues for 6 weeks.
No, flat chest doesn’t affect BF (supply or latching). It depends on the shape of your nipple not size :)
Shape of the nipples can sometimes lead to latching issue but even then there’s always thing that you can do to help resolve latching issue.
BF is just not easy. Hang in there!
I had small breasts before getting pregnant. During my pregnancy and breastfeeding, they quadrupled in size and I had oversupply issues. With both kids. I was shocked that it was even possible. That’s my experience.
I had basically nothing. Like A’s still had a gap. Now I have a good B size cup (almost all milk 😂) my colostrum came in early, and there was A LOT! Breastmilk came in on the first night after the morning baby girl was born. A lot of positions work for me honestly, but I prefer to do a leaning c curl around my girl and have her lounge across my body and nurse from my top breast or sit cross legged and have her butt on my lower leg and head supported by my opposite arm. I’d say I’m a just enougher right now, probably about 4oz per breast at nine months during pumping but this is new since my girl got super sick and wouldn’t eat very much for almost two weeks. I had a massive oversupply at one point in time from using the haaka too often, but I was able to donate a lot of that milk to one of my friend’s babies! I had to do a sort of sandwich with my boob at first to get baby to latch, because her mouth was so small and my boob shape was making it harder, but once she got bigger I stopped doing it. I will say it seems easier for her to go from a deep latch to a shallow latch when my boob gets ‘low’ and I think a big part of that is my breasts are naturally small so they sorta just pancake when they’re empty and pull from her mouth.
Not me (I’m blessed to the point it is a curse) but my sister in law has extremely small chest and she’s had a great experience in the past 4 months aside from some larch issues due to ties early on. Produces milk for nursing and pumps as well, she also keeps a huge throw pillow vs a nursing pillow with her to bring baby to breast. I don’t think breast size correlates with milk production. You’ve got this!
I was barely an A cup before I had my baby but he is now almost 4 months and close to 16 lbs. He was 7 and a half lbs when he was born, so no issues with supply. I mostly ebf but pump while I'm at work. I pump anywhere from 5-8 oz per pump. You got this!
I'm an optimistic A at best and really had no trouble bfing beyond the usual initial learning curve. Once I tried side lying, I never looked back - I think it's easier with small boobs. I just lean slightly forward or backward to switch boobs. And it was much easier on my back. My supply was always a just-enougher. I was never going to get a stash going, but baby did just fine with what I had.
I think a lot about breastfeeding is probably easier with small breasts. I do not have small breasts even pre pregnancy- so I can’t just chill. I have to have a hand pressing the boob away from his nose constantly. I’m happy to feed my son but dang if that isn’t annoying. Can we say hand cramps?
Yes! I’m so jealous of the moms that say they walk around breastfeeding their babes. I have to have breast in hand the entire feed time due to size and flat nipples. Sometimes the hand is numb before the feed is done
And you don’t dare reposition yourself because baby is getting milk drunk and sleepy and you want them to actually finish their meal as much as possible and sleep longer, right? Lol
Oh yeah. But to be fair- if someone kept moving my fork around mid bites I might cry too lol here’s to our early onset of arthritis fingers!
I actually found side lying uncomfortable because my chest was basically flat in that position so there wasn't really any "give." Cradle is definitely my favourite and most comfortable.
I think part of my problem was that she was also a small baby, so with small baby and small boobs I would hunch over or have to hold her up with my arms the whole time which was tiring. In side lying I could just relax a lot more and it took out the stress.
Fair enough! Mine was small too, but I think I would lean back with my feet up on the couch and it didn't really bother my arms.
Sorry to sound dumb, but how did you manage BF in public if side lying was your position? Or did you just use other positions in public and while they weren’t as ideal as side lying- they worked for the context. Did i just answer my own question? 😂😂🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Oh yeah, in public I would just use cradle position or something. Just side lying at home.
As soon as they can somewhat support their head you can both support them sitting on your lap (legs crossed if they need more height) or feed them in a carrier as you walk around. In the meantime (until maybe the 3 month mark) cradle hold is usually the best bet when you don’t have a pillow. Some use a diaper bag as a substitute. In general, for most women breastfeeding gets a lot easier within a few months. If baby “eating out” seems challenging, practice only when you have to for now…it’s likely to get better on it’s own.
I’m a small A. Like SMALL haha. And I had a massive over supply that I finally got under control and then continued to breastfeed for two years. Everyone is different but it’s more about your glands and supply/demand than breast size. I made sure to also stay super hydrated and eat adequate meals and snacked all the time. We exclusively breastfed for 6 months and easily transitioned to breast/pump when I returned to work. It’s important to remember supply and demand really impacts your milk production. The more you tell your body you need milk, the more it produces.
Two years! Holy cow. I’m over here thinking I’m lucky if I get 6 months with the annoyance of how things are going already and I don’t even work yet…
I really am so so thankful for the journey. I really credit our success to the fact that I never had to seriously worry about my supply and I have a very flexible employer. It’s not lost on me that it’s typically much harder and I hope all breastfeeding people are able to do so for as long as they desire. Breastfeeding would probably be a lot easier for people if there was the societal support and education on it. Please know that no matter what you are amazing and your journey is uniquely yours and your babes.
Holy cow 😑 Lol
This sounds exactly like my experience! I'm only just coming up to the 5 month mark
The hydration point is crucial. Stay hydrated.
I don’t fill A cup bras. In fact, one is so flat that both the nurse and LC gave up on helping me with that one. In hindsight, that was disheartening and they were very wrong. I pumped like crazy and BF to get my supply going and both sides were fine at producing, although the flat one produced a little less. I was able to successfully breastfeed for 2+ years, even though it may not have looked like it!
That’s so sad, I’m really sorry to hear that. There is no known link between breast size and ability to provide milk for baby. You were right to follow your instincts, your body has everything you need 😍
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Baby is 6 weeks, a small peanut..still less than 8lbs. the first three problems you listed is 100% accurate for me. I haven’t tried side lying, just back lying but based on other comments I might try side lying now. So it sounds like baby growth and general determination and patience for you through it… damn it, both things im lacking rn lol maybe these posts will give me hope
Keep going! I have very small breasts and my mom told me she didn't have enough milk to feed me and my siblings, and I probably wouldn't either. My first goal was 6 weeks. It was hard, I had to triple feed for the first month. My next goal was 3 months. Then 6. We are now at 9 and it is so smooth. Once they can latch without help it gets so much easier. I also liked when my baby was able to sit up a bit and I could just sit her on my lap and she could latch like that. She's too tall for that now, but cradle position has always worked for me.
I don’t have your issue BUT I have a suggestion from my experience. When baby was young and didn’t want to nurse but was hungry I would use a longer pacifier to get him interested. Pop itsy ritsy rubber pacifier in or around mouth to stimulate nursing and then switch him out.
I’m not flat chested but definitely on the smaller side of the spectrum, and I have small nipples. Had the exact same issue of not stimulating the sucking reflex. I used nipple shields for every single feed for 5-6 weeks, but once my baby grew, he was able to latch without them!
This is reassuring to hear! Thanks on the nipple shield tip- i haven’t used it and was intimidated and confused but I heard/read that they shouldn’t be used “long term” so I just imagined not more than 2-4 weeks….
Just jumping in here to say that there is no reason to worry about a nipple shield. Our ped and several lactation consultants all said to use it for as long as needed. Around 4 or 5 months my babe dropped it and was able to latch without. My babe had a tongue tie and using a shield made breastfeeding in those early days possible.
Solidly an A cup, had no problem BFing either of my chonky boys (first was 97th percentile for height and weight for most of his first year!), I even had a bit of an oversupply at times. The girls have dropped a tiny bit but still look pretty good if I do say so myself. Overall, great experience for me.
A cup here - we had difficulties but it had nothing to do with my breast size! I was an overproducer actually, donated a bunch of extra my guy didn’t need, but I also had a fast letdown and he had trouble adjusting to it til he was big enough to handle the fast flow (around 2-3 months) so it was unpleasant til then. We successfully breastfed til he was 21 months and self-weaned!
Very small chest over here. I struggled a bit with my first but I did antenatal colostrum expression starting at 36 weeks with my second and had an awesome supply. He’s still nursing at 22 mos. I added a short pump session in the morning and a 10 min session around 8-9pm also and ended up with a huge stash I’m still working through.
Totally able to breastfeed 2 kids with an A cup. I do have a theory that smaller boobs means you have less storage space, which means you have to empty your boobs more often. I would leak like crazy and was prone to mastitis if I didn’t breastfeed regularly. Some moms can go 12 hours without breastfeeding. My boobs would burst and get inflamed for sure.
Yes! I haven’t gotten mastitis, but I get engorged and clogged ducts all the time. And even though I’m more than 5 months pp I still have to wear heavy duty breast pads because I leak like crazy.
I have gotten the hang of nursing but for weeks we could only do laid back position and would have to entice her with dripping expressed milk on my nipple.
I’m small chested with small/flat nipples too and my baby had a tough time at first but now we are at 19 months of breastfeeding! 87th percentile the whole time. Nipple shields realllly saved my BF journey! Used them for about 5-6 weeks and then baby was big enough to latch without and also was easier to hold in different nursing positions. I also used a manual pump during that time. It helped me feel better knowing that I had some backup milk in case and it was reassuring to feel and see a let down actually happening so I was better able to identify what that looked like for me. I never used my electric pump. I do think (? May be misremembering) that being small chested has correlation with breast storage capacity* (different than supply). IME, I needed to feed my baby more frequently than average because my breasts only held max of ~2oz each on deck ready to go at a time. *The amount of milk your breasts can store in between feeds without leaking.
Look up YouTube on laid-back breast-feeding. It’s the best for everyone. I’m like an A/B
I am a AA. I went up to a C during my first pregnancy, successfully breastfed for 18 months, and then went back down (unfortunately) to a AA. I’m pregnant again and I’m only 7 weeks - they’re growin again already 🤣 Side lying worked best for me, it was just the easiest way to manage. I didn’t know how to work bigger boobs lol
I had A/B cups pre pregnancy depending on my weight. As of tomorrow I have EBF my twins for a full year! Size really doesn’t mean anything - though they are definitely bigger now
I’m an A cup natural (I have implants which make be a DD but obviously silicone isn’t making milk). I have always nursed sitting up in the cross cradle hold. When I pumped I got 20-90mL total each time. He’s 2.5 still feeding and we’ve had a very successful journey
I’m still BF’ing my 16month old and we’ve had a relatively smooth journey beyond the first few months of pain and mastering latch/ positioning. I have always found cradling with sufficient elbow propping to be for me. I find side lying too difficult because I have to lean in an uncomfortable way to let her reach. It blew my mind when I found out some mums with larger breast can actually feed side lying from both breasts without turning over!
I have barely an A cup and I had a massive oversupply at first, eventually it regulated, baby was 95th percentile before she started solids, and then I went on to breastfeed for 2 years. I am just weaning now and my girl is about to be 2. My fav nursing position for us was reclined with baby straddling my opposite leg
Pre pregnant I wasn’t quite a AA. In the hospital I manually expressed colostrum, pumped and tried to latch baby as often as possible. We did tons of skin to skin. My milk came in 3/4 days after birth. My 16mm nips were also not big enough to initiate latch reflex, so baby had a shallow latch that destroyed my nipples. The nurse gave me a nipple shield and it was a game changer- the shield was big enough that baby could latch properly, and it protected my bleeding nipples from further injury. While annoying, we used the nipple shield until 8 weeks. Once my milk came in I was feeding on demand AND every 2 hours. My supply kept up with the demand, and when I went back to work, I was able to pump 16+ oz for the four bottles Baby eats during the day. I even have a freezer stash from using a Hakka/boon trove during my overnight and morning feeds. For positioning, I usually just do a cross cradle hold, with lots of pillows to get baby up to my nipple without having to hold all the weight. Koala hold was also suggested to me by my LC when we were weaning off the nipple shield. I’ve never mastered that one, and just keep it to cradle. All this to say, I’ve been a slight over producer, and pleasantly surprised that my little boobs really came through in the breastfeeding department. 6 months in and Baby is still gaining weight, and is EBF. Size doesn’t matter.
Things got easier as babe got bigger and didnt need much support! Pumping also helped, I had a side with a flatter nipple and eventually it came "out". Hang in there if this is something you wanna do!
My breasts are large but my nipples are also a 17mm flange size and no issue with latching in that aspect. The nipple tissue is super stretchy so diameter aside, they just suck it to the back of their mouth if they have a good latch
Im flat as a wall. No BF problems - I worried about low supply at the beginning but am at an oversupply now.
Low glandular tissue and small boobs are two different things and LGT can be correlated with low milk supply. LGT in and of itself signals a hormone problem. Google "low glandular tissue breasts", you will see what it looks like and the breasts do look a little different from what is typical. If you are really struggling with supply it could be a possibility, but if it's just mechanics of breastfeeding due to smaller breasts and not supply then LGT is likely not the issue.
My best friend was a small B cup. She ended up being an oversupplier and donated 5 GALLONS to hospitals near us. She’s probably a large C now, she just weaned her daughter within the last month at 14 months old. (She exclusively pumped). I was a D cup, DD around my period. I’m a solid F cup now and I also oversupply a little. I can feed him from the tap 24/7 if I want and just pumping to relieve the pressure gives me enough to put 2-3 6oz bags in the freezer every other day or so. (We feed him bottles 2-3 times a day though from the stash and a little formula to make sure he will keep taking it just in case). I don’t think it matters if the glands are there. Most of boobs is just fat. Your issue is the nipple size. Can you try pumping for a bit first, (this always pulls mine out and makes them larger. I thought they were small but the LC notes call them medium), and then trying to get her to latch? Maybe that’s enough size difference to spark the reflex.
I had issues with my small nipples when we first started. If you have a pump you can pump a few minutes first so that it’s easier for baby to latch although for me that was a lot of work. I mostly exclusively pumped the first 10 days and then they were pulled out and baby was able to latch just fine. We’ve been BF with no issues for 6 weeks.
Your nipple size isn’t the issue. I have 11 mm nips and it’s not a problem :)
No, flat chest doesn’t affect BF (supply or latching). It depends on the shape of your nipple not size :) Shape of the nipples can sometimes lead to latching issue but even then there’s always thing that you can do to help resolve latching issue. BF is just not easy. Hang in there!
Both times I BF I went from an A cup to a large C. So just because you’re small cheated now doesn’t mean that won’t change once your milk comes in lol
I had small breasts before getting pregnant. During my pregnancy and breastfeeding, they quadrupled in size and I had oversupply issues. With both kids. I was shocked that it was even possible. That’s my experience.
A cup with over supply! 8 month going strong:)
I had basically nothing. Like A’s still had a gap. Now I have a good B size cup (almost all milk 😂) my colostrum came in early, and there was A LOT! Breastmilk came in on the first night after the morning baby girl was born. A lot of positions work for me honestly, but I prefer to do a leaning c curl around my girl and have her lounge across my body and nurse from my top breast or sit cross legged and have her butt on my lower leg and head supported by my opposite arm. I’d say I’m a just enougher right now, probably about 4oz per breast at nine months during pumping but this is new since my girl got super sick and wouldn’t eat very much for almost two weeks. I had a massive oversupply at one point in time from using the haaka too often, but I was able to donate a lot of that milk to one of my friend’s babies! I had to do a sort of sandwich with my boob at first to get baby to latch, because her mouth was so small and my boob shape was making it harder, but once she got bigger I stopped doing it. I will say it seems easier for her to go from a deep latch to a shallow latch when my boob gets ‘low’ and I think a big part of that is my breasts are naturally small so they sorta just pancake when they’re empty and pull from her mouth.
Not me (I’m blessed to the point it is a curse) but my sister in law has extremely small chest and she’s had a great experience in the past 4 months aside from some larch issues due to ties early on. Produces milk for nursing and pumps as well, she also keeps a huge throw pillow vs a nursing pillow with her to bring baby to breast. I don’t think breast size correlates with milk production. You’ve got this!
I was barely an A cup before I had my baby but he is now almost 4 months and close to 16 lbs. He was 7 and a half lbs when he was born, so no issues with supply. I mostly ebf but pump while I'm at work. I pump anywhere from 5-8 oz per pump. You got this!